Now Or Never novel Chapter 9

"If it means so much to you, Jeff, I'll hire a dog sitter from now on," I say.

"Jesus, I forget that you're rich enough to do that." He groans and then looks at me with a different look from before. He looked at me with a slight hint of jealousy but overpowered by the look of amusement. "Also there's a hottie waiting for you in the back."

I look behind him and spot Diego sitting there patiently waiting. His eyes make contact with mine and he gives me a cocky smirk.

"What is about you that attracts the hottest guys?" Jeff says playfully.

"I don't know, what attracts you to me?" I ask.

He chuckles. "Your ability to make people forget that they're mad at you."

I gave him a smile and kissed his cheek before heading to the back with Diego. "Order me a Pink Drink," I said before I sat in the chair in front of Diego.

"Pink Drink?" Diego questioned me. "Isn't that a Starbucks thing?"

"We supply the cheap knock-off," I tell him, he chuckles.

"Do you work here?" He asked and I nod my head.

"I start my shift in an hour. So after we're done, I'm up." I tell him.

"In a hurry to get away from me?" Diego asks with a smirk.

"No! I didn't mean it like that!" I quickly corrected myself. "I just mean we can do whatever this is until I have to work."

"Oh-" He was about to say more when Auggie decided to make his entrance. He ran up to me and put his head in my lap. I ran my hands through the fur of his head and circle back to the side of his cheeks.

"Is this your dog?" Diego asks curiously. He suspiciously eyes Auggie and then looks back up at me.

"Yeah, his name is Auggie," I tell him, averting my gaze back to my dog.

"What breed is he?" Diego asks and now it's my turn to eye him. Besides my father, I am only protective of Auggie. "Where I'm from there are more... wolves than dogs. And the wolves don't like anyone outside their pack."

"Wolves in California?" There hadn't been any wolves in over five decades.

"My town is rare, it is one of the only towns that are populated by them." He explains and I nod my head at him. I get distracted by his dark bushy eyebrows and attractive tanned skin. Tanner than me. Like he'd been out in the sun all day. His gothic style and athletic skills say otherwise.

"Uh-" I shake my head from my thoughts. "He's a bit of Husky, a bit of Blue Nose, and a lot of Timberwolf."

"Like your school?"

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